Can Someone Teach Rick Perry to Tie His Tie?

No, this is not the place to discuss politics. But after hearing that Newt Gingrich's campaign apparently imploded, our eyes turned to Texas Governor Rick Perry — since he's supposedly a contender to run our country now. We're not partisan here, but there are going to be many television cameras around through November 2012. So, for now, the only voting preference that The Style Blog (publicly) holds is this: The President should look like he can get the job done. Perry's not even in the race yet, and we already have three concerns.

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His comically wide ties. Like ones we haven't seen since we were in clown school. And, even then, those bozos usually knew how to tie their neckwear correctly. If you look above, you'll notice that Perry's navy tie — interesting, given his jacket is black and his slacks are grey — has a narrow end dangling much longer than the (very) wide end. So he's a trad style visionary or he's lazy. Either way: Everything is, indeed, bigger in Texas.

His cowboy hats. The candidate has many. And he likes to wear them often, especially when he wins local elections. This style of hat may play less well on the national stage. Unless he adds forty-or-so stars to the one above and changes the text to read something like, dunno, "Obama's a Socialist"?

His sporty sunglasses. Look, we've moved on from wayfarers too, but they're much better than the wraparound styles that Perry seems to prefer. They make him look out of this world. Not in a good way. Like that guy from Star Trek. (Not that we watch Star Trek.)

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